Your message dated Tue, 30 Apr 2024 22:40:42 -0400
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and subject line less: try to do a backward search, get forward search instead
has caused the Debian Bug report #712099,
regarding less: try to do a backward search, get forward search instead
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Package: less
Version: 444-4
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
Searching in less has gone wacky.
Run this:
seq 100 | less
Search forward for "40":
/40
Search backward for "9":
?9
I should be at 39. I'm at 59!
I've also noticed a new feature where if you search for the same thing twice
in a row, less stays on the first match and beeps instead of advancing to the
next match.
If not bugs, then these are insane new features, especially the one that
moves forward when I search backward. less is too old to be growing new
incompatible behaviors.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.8.2+ (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages less depends on:
ii debianutils 4.3.2
ii libc6 2.13-38
ii libtinfo5 5.9-10
less recommends no packages.
less suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Documented feature. Not a bug. Closing.
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